The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04
Local and Stata Notes

The receipts from sales of tickets at the Union
Depot in July this year exceed those of the
responding month, 1886, nearly S20, 900.
Benjamin Reece, ex engineer of the Lake
Shore road, has accepted the same position on
The Toledo, Ann Arbor g. North Michigan road
Charles Nelson, general superintendent, and
N. K. Elliott, master of transpor tation of the
Vandalia, were in the city yesterday looking
matters over.
Raymond Burns, who examines watches on
the c.. ST. L. d p. in July examined ninety
five watches carried by trainmen, and found
but three which failed to keep good time.
A. d. Pendeleton. OF the Vandalia offices, has
obtained leave OF absence for two weeks, and
with his family has struck out for the cool
pleasure resorts to be found on the G., NJ e St
=. road.
There were received and forwarded at Indian
apolis in the month of July total of 92 700 cars,
Of which number 1894 were loaded. In the
corresponding month of 1886 there were
handled 82,310 cars, OF which number 60, 022
were loaded.
The employees at the Pennsylvania shops in
Columbus. o., Saturday. have their annual
picnic at Brush lake. 1t is expected that there
will 2, 600 persons avail themselves of this free
ride aud other favors the company extend on
such occasions.
The c.. H & d. certainly has set good ex-
ample for the other roads, which announce ex
cursiODs to Niagara Falls. They took out of In
dianspols yesterday, eleven well filed cars and
out of Gin cinnati twenty-seven loaded to
their utm ost capacity.
The Eastern lines out of Chicago, last week,
forwarded 27872 tons of freight OF this ton
mage the Vanderbilt lines carried al s per cent:
the Pennsylvania lines 40 9 per cent. which left
poor picking for the other lines. The c., l., St.
L. d c. got but Al per cent
Pass enger rates between indianapolis and Chi
cago are considerably demoralized. One of the
roads is making SIS. 80 round-trip rate for an
excursion. where the Central Traffic Association
had made the round-trip rate 1915. The COM
pettors of this road now threaten to make
81 so rate.
The grand board of trustees of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen meets in Terr Haute
next week. to go over the books for the past year.
This association has been more fortunate in its
financial matters than has the Brotherhood Of
Switchmen. The latter somewhat discour-
aged and the association is not healthy as it
should be.
business of the Pennsylvania lines at Chicago,
was In the city yesterday. prospecting for ex-
port business from this territory 1t did not
take him long to learn that the Decline had q
hrm hold on the kiugan Company business
and that the Baltimore & Ohio, Kanakakee
dispatch, was looking wel after the -four which
is exported from this point
E. A Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. has mott
fed the Missouri river lines running out of
Kansas City that the same rate NAV be- made
over the Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines as is
made by their competitors. Some OF the lines
are giving differe n tial rate, and Mr. Ford pro-
poses to meet it. DIR. Ford insists with special
stress that differentials must not be used a
basing rate at other points.
The report of the Interstate commission in the
complaint of the Chicago q Alton against the
Pennsylvania Company and the complaint of the
Chicago g. Rock Island against the New York
Central railroad. involving the payment of COM
missions for the sale of railway tickets. and the
argument for the respondent by Geo. r. Blan-
cbard, have been published in pamphlet form
and good deal of valuable Information
points OF special interest to passenger men is
given.
Charles Mordaueh, who represents the Chi
W ukaQ & 81 pa ri 1l,io
was In the city yesterday. having just returned
from a Northern trip. He states that the travel
to pleasure resorts on their line is heavy beyond
all precedent A b. II. Carpenter. general
passenger agent Of the road. has just issued for
free distribution pamphlet giving IN uch vaua-
BILE information regards the Northwest, and
the attractions their road offers health and
pleasure seekers.
There is growing sympathy with Mr.
Henry 5. Ives. who has shown SO much aggress-
iveness in purchasing and consolidating roads
in this section. He is now West and shows a
disposition to operate the roads under the con-
troll of the Ives Staynor syndicate economically
and for the benefit of the owners He retains
good men in charge of the various departments
and the several roads in the system are doing a
good, profitable business. and the feeling is that
the young man should be let alone and allowed
to develop.
At the meeting Of the passenger department of
the Central Traffic Association TO be held on the
10th of this month. strong effort will be made
to induce all roads to make SO the uniform rate
on all one thousand mile tickets. Some of the
roads. the L., N. A. & G. for one, have gone so
far that il will be suicidal for them to take
step back ward. There is a feeling among bust
ness men, and with good many railroad men
that cents per mile for a mileage ticket is
enough, and will earn more to the road which
adopts 1t than a two and half cent per mile
rate.
One OF the Decline officials who has, this
week. made trip the road from St Louis
TO Cleveland states that the outlook for corn IN
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois is exceedingly poor.
From the coach windows the fields of corn look
very fair. but close examination reveals woe
full lack of ears. The stocks are parched for two
feet above the ground, and in many localities
there has been no rain worth mentioning since